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by pjkundert 15y ago
If the concepts of queuing theory and attrition are familiar to you, then you won't be surprised at the efficiency of Canadian health care. Providing fewer services is cheaper, and the resultant long queues (months, sometimes years) result
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by pjkundert 15y ago
Since presenting a link to such a site is illegal, wouldn't it be difficult for the government agency to communicate the information within it's own agency? If they decide that certain means of communicating the information do not form a
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by pjkundert 16y ago
Actually, yes. The boost::smart_ptr<...> is highly effective. Prior to that existing, I wrote a similar ref-counting library that has been deployed to hundreds of remote sites, running high-reliability industrial control code. Whi
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by pjkundert 16y ago
Agreed. Marx called from 1844; he wants his "Labor Theory of Value" back. Simply because something is rare, doesn't mean it is valuable.
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by pjkundert 16y ago
Also interesting is their capability to produce their full Torque output at 0 RPM. For applications requiring high torque for "station keeping", this is crucial, and is pretty unique to SRM (Switched Reluctance Machine) motors. I've been q
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by pjkundert 16y ago
Yes, there exist schools whose suckage isn't due to teacher's unions.
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by pjkundert 16y ago
Precise, repeatable welding of carefully prepared, identical structures, in a hygienic, controlled environment. Get a Robot. Upside-down, lying in mud, your arms up in a noble-gas manifold, welding titanium. Get a Man.
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by pjkundert 16y ago
What? A government program that encourages malinvestment? Say it Isn't So!
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by pjkundert 16y ago
... and I still can't wait for asynchronous I/O events on both a socket and the console...
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by pjkundert 16y ago
Agreed. Quite simple to use, and provides a good foundation for learning about Map/Reduce with little initial overhead. I'm working on a fork ( https://github.com/pjkundert/mincemeatpy ) which enhances the robustness of the asyncore/async_
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by pjkundert 16y ago
"Friend" (the noun) has become "friend" (the verb). Hence, his usage is correct.
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by pjkundert 16y ago
Navy holds gun to own head, demands immediate release. News at 11.
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by pjkundert 16y ago
The opposite of "progressive" taxation (tax rate is linked with income) is NOT "regressive". It would be something like "non-indexed", I guess. Are you suggesting that the taxation of property should not be tied to its market value?
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by pjkundert 16y ago
There is: http://raphaeljs.com/
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by pjkundert 16y ago
Don't... even... start. ;)
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by pjkundert 17y ago
Isn't it unlikely that Mars would not have bacteria, given the tons of earth-sourced meteorites that have bombarded it?
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by pjkundert 17y ago
Central bank money, created and debased at will, vs. Wealth-backed money, intrinsically valued by the wealth that backs it. Freedom to choose money that doesn't inflate allows multigenerational wealth transfer, etc.
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by pjkundert 17y ago
Perhaps a better title would be "Mercantilism's fundamental flaw". Rand makes few assumptions regarding the inherent integrity of "leaders"; in fact, she assumes no such integrity, and argues for liberty. While we trip over ourselves (as a
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Blacklight Power "Hydrino" energy claim gains independent confirmation(blacklightpower.com)
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by pjkundert 17y ago
Quoting (near the end): "The Free Market f...d us in the last year..." At this point, I stopped listening. The Market that f...d anyone in the last year is anything but Free. It is becoming difficult to be generous to those who claim s
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by pjkundert 17y ago
If by "much more efficient", you mean "lethally long waiting times for treatment, limited choice and no means to estimate competency of treatment providers", then you are correct.
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by pjkundert 17y ago
Middle-East: We wish to destroy your civilisation, and slaughter all of your people. Attempting to reason with us is futile. Isreal: Hmmm. Well, you may attempt to do so (as you have in the past), but we will decapitate your government a
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by pjkundert 17y ago
> Climate change poses a clear and present danger to our way of life. How can anyone justify failing to act? Virtually complete predictive failure over the better part of the last decade. How can anyone justify acting?
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by pjkundert 18y ago
I am sorry; I used "regulation" jokingly when referring to government enforcing contracts -- one of the few legitimate uses of government force, and one which they only grudgingly protect. I should have been more clear; enforcing contract
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by pjkundert 18y ago
My, how ready we all are to give up our liberty. Regulations on the behavior of companies reduces choice (only large companies can afford the legions of lawyers required to comply with them; small competitors go out of business). The only r